Kerala Story: Police denies filmmaker's claims

Kerala Story row: No large-scale IS recruitments in Kerala, say police; seek legal advice on filing FIR against filmmakers

Kerala By Sreerag PS November 10, 2022 Read the article

The teaser of The Kerala Story,a Hindi film featuring actor Adah Sharma and directed by Sudipto Sen was released on 3 November.

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It says 32,000 Malayali women were converted to Islam and absorbed by the terrorist outfit, Islamic State (IS), over the past 10 years.

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“This untruthful portrayal of Kerala is completely against the unity and sovereignty of the country,” Aravindakshan R, a Chennai-based journalist said.

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He sent letters to Information and Broadcasting Minister requesting a ban on the film unless the director produced official documents supporting the movie’s claims.

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Aravindakshan added that the teaser questioned the credibility of central and state intelligence agencies.

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The Kerala police have no information about such largescale recruitment to the IS as claimed in the teaser.

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The Kerala Police have sought legal opinion on whether a case should be registered for spreading such a falsehood.

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On 9 November, CPI(M)’s Rajya Sabha member John Brittas wrote Amit Shah seeking urgent action against the teaser

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Oommen Chandy in 2012 had said that 2,667 women in the state had converted to Islam.

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Though the former chief minister had not mentioned this was an annual figure, Sen used this to calculate that it would add up to 32,000 in 10 years.

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Sen claimed that VS Achuthanandan told a news conference in 2005 that the IS had hatched a plan to make Kerala the hub of the organisation.

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The leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly VD Satheesan has said that the teaser was a “clear case of misinformation”.

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The popular fact-checking website, Alt News said the filmmaker’s claims were based on “misquotes, flawed math and imaginary figures”.

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